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TESOL English Language Bulletin- When literacy ate language: An analysis of a research-based literacy intervention for designated English Learners 6 June 2023
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Tag Archives: literacy
Motivated Literacy: Mrs. O’Donnell’s Magic Pencils
Spencer Salas
Greetings from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! For this month’s post, I’d like to write about a memory of magic pencils and a Latin classroom. It goes like this: In the 1980s in high schools across the state … Continue reading
Celebrating World Teachers’ Day: Literacies of Vulnerability
Spencer Salas
On October 5th, UNESCO celebrated World Teachers’ Day 2022 with the theme of teachers transforming education around the globe! In honor of the celebration, I want to share a memory of my fourth-grade year at Old Creek Elementary School in … Continue reading
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Tagged as children's literature, elementary reading, ELT reading, literacy, teaching reading
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Reading the Sun, Moon, and Stars: Intergenerational Literacy
Spencer Salas
Happy October from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! This month, my Dad’s turning 90 and for this blog post I’d like to share one of the stories he’s told us about growing up on the island of Guam … Continue reading
Literacy and New MLLs in U.S. Elementary Schools: Another Look
Judie Haynes
In my August blog post, I talked about the characteristics of multilingual learners (MLLs) who come from families and communities that are literacy oriented. I described a family whose daughter, Angela, made an excellent adjustment to U.S. elementary schools because … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, elementary reading, family literacy, literacy, primary education, primary ESL, primary school
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Literacy and New MLLs in U.S. Elementary Schools
Judie Haynes
Teachers of multilingual learners (MLLs) in the United States will be meeting new students from many countries this fall. Recently arrived students from Ukraine, Haiti, Russia, Afghanistan, and Central and South America, to name a few, will be welcomed to … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, family literacy, literacy, newcomers, primary education, primary ESL
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“Literacy” vs. “Reading”: 3 Questions to Consider This Fall
Spencer Salas
Greetings from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where I’ll be writing this “teaching reading” blog for these next 12 months! To kick things off, I want to look a little at the categories of “reading” and “literacy.” To … Continue reading
TESOL Board Member Speaks at WATESOL 2016
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A guest post by Misty Adoniou In this blog, Misty Adoniou shares her experience attending and speaking at the 2016 WATESOL Conference, the Universities at Shady Grove, Gaithersburg, MD, 15–16 October. On Saturday, 15 October, I had the very great honor of opening … Continue reading
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Tagged as creativity, evergreen, literacy, TESOL Board of Directors, WATESOL
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3 Effective Strategies for LESLLA Education
Kristen Lindahl
This is the second of two posts by guest blogger Raichle Farrelly, a longtime TESOL educator and advocate who is currently assistant professor of applied linguistics at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, USA. “Rai” has worked in multiple ESL and EFL … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult resources, evergreen, Kristen Lindahl, literacy
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